811 Quotes by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Time has taught me not to lose hope, yet not to trust too much in hope either.

Man...heats up like a lightbulb: red hot in the twinkling of an eye and cold again in a flash. The female, on the other hand...heats up like an iron. Slowly, over a low heat, like tasty stew. But then, once she has heated up, there's no stopping her.

Paris is the only city in the world where starving to death is still considered an art.

Most of us have the good or bad fortune of seeing our lives fall apart so slowly we barely notice.

There are no second chances in life, except to feel remorse.

I couldn't help thinking that if I, by pure chance, had found a whole universe in a single unknown book, buried in that endless necropolis, tens of thousands more would remain unexplored, forgotten forever.

No valía la pena perder el tiempo en intentar cambiar el mundo; bastaba con evitar que el mundo lo cambiase a uno.

Marina me dijo una vez que sólo recordamos lo que nunca sucedió.

Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you.